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Its almost that time!
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Yes kids its almost that time when your UCAS has to be sent off:eek: (of course it already has if you want to do medicine or go to oxbridge) So how are peoples going? I still need to start on a personal statement, i cannot think of much to write.
What do you want to study?
Where do you want to go? What grades do you need?
I want to study Politics, my top choices are Exeter (BBB) and Lancaster. (BBC-BCC)
Do you want a gap year? i do not!
Will i end up at uni with any of you lot next year?:eek2:
What do you want to study?
Where do you want to go? What grades do you need?
I want to study Politics, my top choices are Exeter (BBB) and Lancaster. (BBC-BCC)
Do you want a gap year? i do not!
Will i end up at uni with any of you lot next year?:eek2:
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*is scared*
I'm currently doing a 3rd year at college; wish I'd buggered off to uni this year but needed more grades :impissed:
I've done my personal statement, and done a lot of my UCAS form - just need to decide where to go.
I've been to 1 open day - in Staffordshire. I wanted to to Crime, Deviance and Society with Sociology but I wasn't much impressed by the university :mad:
So, I've decided to go to 2 more open days - Lincoln and Sheffield Hallam. They're not too far away from me at all, so I'd be able to keep my weekend job :yes:
If I went to Lincoln, I'd do Social Policy and Criminology and if I went to Sheffield Hallam, it'd be Sociology and Criminology (I think that's the right way round). I just need to find out more about the courses :chin:
I think I need around 200-240 points
I haven't even started the whole UCAS process. I still have no idea what I want to do. I'm still unsure whether I'm going to Uni or not. I don't like the thought of being broke for 3 or 4 years.
What do you want to study? Politics, something intellectual. Actually I have no idea.
Where do you want to go? What grades do you need? Definitely Plymouth, it's in the most beautiful area of the country.
Do you want a gap year? No I'm either going to go now or not at all...at least for a while.
Will i end up at uni with any of you lot next year?:eek2: Exeter isn't too far from Plymouth
I want to do Social Anthropology and applied for Edinburgh, Durham, Kent, Queens Belfast and Manchester. Edinburgh is my first choice by far, I was there for the open day last week and the place is excellent!
I need something like ABB for Edinburgh and I think the rest are less than that.
Some people who applied for medicine, law etc in my year have already got offers back... BASTARDS!!
Im applying to do a BA History degree.
My six that I will apply to are (probably) in no particular order:
Reading
Keele
Oxford Brookes
Portsmouth
Sheffield Hallam
Nottingham Trent
Im not having a gap year.
unless i go to lancaster then ill be the other side of the country!
I visited Exeter, Lancaster, Leicester and Sheffield.
Sheffield is the best academically but the campus is basically bang in the town centre, cobbled streets and all. not nice!
Im also applying to Swansea and Aberyswyth but didnt bother visiting due to excess coursework going on
Ah Brookes, good choice. I am a resident at said university.They were my first choice but i didn't quite make the grades so i rang them to find out if i had a place, they kept me hanging for 12 days the buggers!! it was horrible. Got a place in the end tho!
That was 2 years ago, so i graduate this academic year!! hooray
Your all lucky in a way. UCAS is a piece of piss compared with applying for post grad courses. Wish i was doing the ucas stuff again! I'd swap with any of you.......plz!!:D
but i wouldn't want to start uni again....nooooo way!
Warwick - my top choice
Sheffield
Leeds
Bath
Reading
Birmingham
I dreaded writing my personal statement, and it was tedious and time-consuming to write, but I was pretty satisfied with the end result; let's hope the unis think so too *hopes*
The entrance grades I need are quite low, ABC, BBB, BBC, probably as the course isn't in high demand! At least it takes the pressure off a bit, though!
I wanted a gap year, to teach English in Thaland with GAP organisation, but I was like :eek: 'how do I raise £2000+?" You could argue if I wanted to go enough, I would have raised the money somehow, but even if I was into fundraising, I doubt it would have been enough. Maybe i'll go travelling after uni, so i'll have more time to try to win the lottery in the meantime!
Good luck to everyone else applying
Seriously, it then is a bit of a pain waiting for the returns - it was a great feeling getting an offer from Manchester after only two weeks, but then waiting SIX months for a rejection from Leeds wasn't that great.
If you can use the online 'apply' service - do so! Its a lot quicker, and usually offers come in quicker, and if your handwriting is crap like mine its a great way to do it.
Its quite demoralising for those who arent expecting grades like that and are looking at the possibility of straight E's for you to say that those grades are quite low. :impissed:
Are you applying to do an MA or some such next year?
How are you doing, I have done quite a bit of research but funding seems to be practically impossible to get for masters only and I am not sure whether i want to do a Phd........
How are you going about it?
I have my personal statement from last year, just needs tweaked here and there to bring it up to scratch. Have a rough idea where I want to apply. I've visited 2 Art Schools already; Glasgow and Edinburgh. Wasn't impressed by the former but Edinburgh was really appealing, boasted a beautiful close-up view of the castle too. If I stay at Glasgow though I'd only be an hour or so from home, which is always comforting to know
also..hmm...decision...criminology and sociology or criminology and social policy?
Bopz
But im applying to, definately:
Leicester
Nottingham Trent
Oxford Brookes
Portsmouth
Reading
Sheffield Hallam
that in the right order?
It the order they have to go in on the form
Its not me personally. But for people who may read this who are, then saying that grades ABC, BBB and BBC are quite low then what must they think? Im predicted BCC and I was happy with that, but it still makes me feel bad when people say that grades ABOVE mine are low.
Four years ago I started at Lancaster Uni reading a Master of Physics degree but it was pure chance that I got to do it. I had originally applied to Lancaster to do mechanical engineering but didn't get the right grades. I wrote off the prospect of going to uni since the others I had applied to didn't appeal and then I considered a career in the RAF. No sooner than the interview with the RAF careers people had been set up, I received an offer from the Physics dept. at Lancaster asking if I'd be interested in doing an MPhys degree. So, four years down the line, I have a Master of Physics degree and I'm quite a happy chappy.
The moral of this little story is not to be disheartened if your first choice doesn't go your way - call up the uni and check if you can do something else maybe similar, like I did. I know this is all some months away but it's worth knowing.
When choosing your uni, look for the one you feel most comfortable in - take time to have a wander around if you can. I chose Lancaster because it had the most friendly atmosphere and seemed quite homely.
Going to uni is a big thing, no doubt about it but it gave me the best set of experiences of my life and opened my eyes to the world. Be open-minded about things and you won't go far wrong and don't worry about fitting in at first - you'll find your place.
Good luck
i'm going to look around shu on thursday